Alejandro Plaz
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Alejandro Plaz Castillo is a founder of the Venezuelan volunteer civil association, Súmate.
Plaz is a Venezuelan engineer and management consultant, who holds three Master’s degrees (two from Stanford University), and was a Senior partner for McKinsey & Company in Latin America, before taking a leave of absence to co-found Súmate with María Corina Machado.
Plaz and other members of Súmate were charged with treason and conspiracy for receiving a $31,000 grant from the National Endowment for Democracy which, according to the United States Department of State, was "aimed at strengthening citizen participation in the democratic, constitutional processes of their country".[1] The trial has been postponed several times.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Embassy of the United States, Venezuela (July 8, 2005). "Súmate Trial Decision". Accessed 18 June 2006.
[edit] External links
- Official Súmate website
- Human Rights Watch statement on trial of Súmate founders
- Democracy Activists in Venezuela Threatened
- The State of Democracy in Venezuela, United States Senate hearings before the Committee on foreign relations.
- U.S. Department of State, The State of Democracy in Venezuela, Dec. 1, 2005.
- US Embassy statement on "conspiracy" charges against Súmate founders
- Plaz bio
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